Evening Telegraph (First Edition)
Dundee loan is open to a
THE sight of Simon Murray sat munching on a tangerine in the Dens Park canteen was a stark reminder of where his footballing journey started in the city.
However, such is his l ove f or boyhood heroes Dundee, any association with neighbours United is now long gone.
In fact, Murray admits he is open to extending his stay with the Dark Blues beyond the end of the season.
The charismatic striker is currently on a six-month loan deal at the Dee from Hibernian but says he would be interested in making the move back home a permanent one, if the opportunity was to arise.
“Obviously, at the moment, we’re just concentrating on the end of the season to see what happens from there but I’ve not actually spoke to anyone at Hibs yet,” he said.
“They’re concentrating on their own season so I’ll get the next three games out the way and in a couple of weeks I’ll speak to them and see what’s happening.
“I’ll go there for pre-season but if Dundee was a club t here t hen, obviously, I’d be interested.”
Pushing thoughts of post-season deals to the back of his mind, Murray is relishing tomorrow’s crunch relegation battle with Hamilton Accies at Dens.
The Dee are level on points with Accies going into the clash, with the teams currently occupying the drop zone and play-off spot, Ross County and Partick Thistle, facing off tonight.
And Murray insists Neil McCann’s men are solely focused on their tie and, crucially, collecting all three points.
“We’re l ooking forward to it, obviously it’s a big game towards the end of the season and it’s one that we need to win,” he added.
“We’ve been playing quite good football but maybe not getting the results so, hopefully, we can get the result against Hamilton and climb up the table.
“We’re down there for a reason, we’ve maybe conceded silly goals and not put our chances away but we’re not low on confidence with the way we’ve been playing.
“If things start to go our way, we can get a good result and show people what we can do.
“If we get our three points tomorrow it would be quite hard for us to be